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<h2>Managing groups</h2>
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<ul><li><a href="#1">Overview</a></li><li><a href="#2">Accessing groups</a></li><li><a href="#3">Creating a group</a></li><li><a href="#4">Revising a group</a></li><li><a href="#5">Deleting a group</a>
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<h4>Overview</h4>

<p>Groups are subsets of participants for a given worksite. Groups are
not preloaded with official course data, and can therefore be created
by the instructor. Groups are useful to organize study groups, project
teams, and other non-official subsets of worksite participants.</p>

<p>You can use groups with the following tools:
</p><ul><li><strong>Announcements:</strong> Post Announcements for your
group.<br /><br />
</li><li><strong>Assignments:</strong> Post Assignments for your
group. However, you cannot add Assignments with group access into the
Gradebook.<br /><br />
</li><li><strong>Message Center:</strong> Send Private Messages to your
group.<br /><br />

</li><li><strong>Resources:</strong> Allow specific access to files and
folders for your group.<br /><br />
</li><li><strong>Schedule:</strong> Schedule
events for specific groups only.

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</li><li><strong>Site Info:</strong> Manage your groups.
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<h4>Accessing groups</h4>

<p>You can access groups with the Site Info and Worksite Setup
tools.</p>

<p>To access groups with the Site Info tool, follow these steps:</p>

<ol><li>In your site's <a href="content.hlp?docId=arcc">menubar</a>, click <strong><code>Site Info</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>Click <strong><code>Manage Groups</code></strong>.
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<p>To access groups with the Worksite Setup tool, follow these
steps:</p><p /><ol><li>Click <strong><code>My Workspace</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>From the menubar, click <strong><code>Worksite Setup</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>Click the checkbox next to the course for which you wish to manage
groups, and from the top, click <strong><code>Revise</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>Click <strong><code>Manage Groups</code></strong>.
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<a name="3"> </a><h4>Creating a group</h4>

<p>To create a new group, follow these steps:</p>

<ol><li>Access the groups area of your site (see <a href="#2">above</a>).<br /><br />
</li><li>Click <strong><code>New</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>In the "Title" field, enter a title for your group (e.g.,
<code>Project team 1</code>). You may also add a text
description.<br /><br />
</li><li>From the window on the left, select a site participant to add to
the group, and then click <strong><code>Add to group</code></strong>. Repeat this step
until you've added all the members you wish to the group.  To select
more than one member at a time, hold down the <code>Ctrl</code> key
(in Windows) or the <code>Cmd</code> key (in Mac OS
X), and select the members you wish to add.<br /><br />
</li><li>When you're finished, click <strong><code>Update</code></strong>.
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<h4>Revising a group</h4>

<p>To revise a group, follow these steps:</p>

<ol><li>Access the groups area of your site (see <a href="#2">above</a>).<br /><br />
</li><li>Next to the group title, click <strong><code>Revise</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>You may revise the "Title" and "Description" fields.  You may also
add or remove group members by clicking <strong><code>Add to group</code></strong> or
<strong><code>Remove</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>When you're finished, click <strong><code>Update</code></strong>.
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<h4>Deleting a group</h4>

<p>To delete a group, follow these steps:</p>

<ol><li>Access the groups area of your site (see <a href="#2">above</a>).<br /><br />
</li><li>Next to the title of the group you wish to remove, click the
checkbox to select <strong><code>Remove</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>Click <strong><code>Remove Checked</code></strong>.<br /><br />
</li><li>To confirm removal, click <strong><code>Remove</code></strong>.
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